Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Australia rallied 2%; China dropped 1.4%. Europe is currently mostly down, but only Stockholm (down 1.1%) has moved more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a negative open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Jan 3)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. Hong Kong, India and South Korea rallied more than 2%. Australia, China, Indonesia, Singapore and Taiwan moved up more than 1%. Europe is currently trading mixed. Switzerland and London are up better than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a very […]
Before the Open (Jan 2)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Happy New Years. Most of the Asian/Pacific markets were closed today. Of the ones open, none moved more than 1%. Most of Europe on the other hand is open and posting decent gains. Austria and Germany are up more than 2%. Belgium, France and Stockholm are up more than 1%. Futures […]
Before the Open (Dec 30)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy early New Years. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 1.2%; Singapore dropped 1%. Europe is mostly up, but there are no 1% gainers. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Dec 29)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India (down 1.2%) and Indonesia (up 1%) were the only 1% movers. Europe is currently mostly up, but there are no big winners. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.
Watching the Flow of Money
Yesterday I posted numerous stocks that had broken out during the last week or so, but what I didn’t mention was that most of those stocks came from “safe-haven” groups.
Before the Open (Dec 28)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down, but there were no standouts. No index moved more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up – there are no big movers there either. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.
Recent Breakouts
Despite the quiet market and light volume, there have been many very good breakouts the last week+. There’s no way you can get all of these, but you can certainly get a couple.
Before the Open (Dec 27)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you had a nice holiday weekend and enjoyed your extra day off. Half the Asian/Pacific markets were closed today. The ones that traded closed down with China (down 1.1%) being the only 1% mover. Europe is currently mixed; there are no standout winners or losers. Futures here in the States […]
Before the Open (Dec 23)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The market was incredibly slow yesterday; today it’ll be even slower. So instead making a few meaningless comments here, I’ll leave you with some words of wisdom as we move closer to a new year.